Paper-fastener.



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PAPER FASTENER- APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. 1912.

1,172,967. I Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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CLARENCE GEO. FISHER, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

PAPER-FASTENER.

7' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE G. FISHER, a citizen of the United States,and'resident of Rochester, Monroe county, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper fasteners and more particularly to thattype of fasteners by means of which a plurality of papers or letters arepinned and securely held together.

The objects of the invention are to provide an improved fastener of thistype which 15. is of extremely simple construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and in which either .or both of the usual front and backmem-- bers are formed from wire, which can be conveniently shaped toprovide a loop for hanging up the fastener with the papers attachedthereto, and which .is also adapted to reduce the liability of breakingoff the usual points with which such fasteners are provided. a A furtherobject of the invention is to rovide a fastener in which the front memerconceals a minimum amount of the reading matter on the top sheet of thepapers to which the fastener is attached.

With these and other objects in View, as will appear from the followingdescription, the invention may be embodied in various structures, someof which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. 1 85 In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a fastenerembodying my invention and showing the same as applied; Fig. 2 is a planview of the fastener shown in, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig.1 showing another form of the invention; Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionon the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a member adaptedto beused either on the front or back of the fastener; Fig. 6 is a similarview of another form of frontv member; Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig.1 and showing stillanother form of the invention; Fig. 8 is a plan viewof the fastener shown in Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 andshowing still another form of the invention; Fig. 10 is a plan view of amember adapted to be used in place of the member shown in Fig. 5; Fig.11 is a view similar to Figs. 8 and 9 and showing a front memberprovided with a loop by means of which the fastener with the papersattached Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed December 9, 1912. Serial No. 735,782.

thereto may be hung up; Fig. 12 is a plan view of a modification of themember shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings and more partl cularly to Figs. 1 and 2, 20indicates a serles of papers arranged one above the other and securedtogether by means of my im proved fastener which consists of a backingmember 21 having the flexible end portions or points 22 and 23 adaptedto be passed through openings in the papers 20. The backing member 21shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is of the form shown in Fig. 2 of my prior PatentNo. 952,322, granted March 15, 1910,

' although I do not limit myselfin the present instance to the use" ofthis particular backing member. A front member consisting of a wire body24 provided with the end loops 25 and 26 is arranged above the pa- 'pers20 and booperates with the points 22 and 23 to secure the paperstogether by having the points passed through the end loops 25 and 26 andbent either outwardly or inwardlv into a plane substantially parallelwith the body of the backing member, as clearly indicated in thedrawings.

From Fig. 2 it will be observed that by providing a front member whichis formed of wire bent up, as shown, a minimum amount of the readingmatter of the upper paper will be concealed and the points 22 will bebent over a rounded surface which will avoid breaking the points off atthe bends. In fasteners of this type the points are frequently bent forthe purpose of removing or adding papers and therefore.

when the points are bent over a shar edge as in the constructionsheretofore use they are extremely liable to break off at the bends.-

In. the fastener shown in Figs. 3 and 4, I have provided a backingmember consisting of a wire 27 having loops 28 and 29 through which arepassed the end portions of a flexible flat wire or tape 30, the medialportion of ,which is arranged alongside of the Wire 27. As shown in Fig.3 the tape 30 is arranged above the wire 27 and at the loops 28 and 29is bent downwardly and passed through the loops and then bent upwardlyto engage the loops 25 and 26 in the front member 24, the latter beingsimilar to that shown in Fi s. 1 and 2. The members 24 and 27 are t ussimilar in construction but the member 27 is slightly shorter than themember 24, as clearly shown in from member adapted to be used in placeof the front member shown in Fig. 2, and consisting of a wire 33 bent inthe form of a rectangle.

It is frequently desirable to have the points on the backing member bentinwardly on the front member and secured under a portion ofthe latter,and in Figs. 7 and 8 I have illustrated a modification of my inventionadapted to be used in this way. In this modification a wire is bent inthe form of a rectangle and is provided with the end portions 34 and 35which are connected by the body portion 36. The ends of the wire arebent inwardly from the end portions 34 and 35 to form the loops 37having the outwardly projecting portions 38 beneath which the points 22and 23 may be arranged.

In Fig. 10 I have illustrated another modification of the inventionwhich "is adapted to be used in place of the members 24 and 27 and inwhich the portion of the wire between the loops 42 and 43 is providedwith a bend 44 so that all of this portion will not conceal the sameline of reading matter on the paper over which the member is placed.

In Fig. 11 I have shown a front member similar to that shown in Figs. 1to 4, with the exception that the central portion of the wire betweenthe loops 25 and 26 is' offset to form a third loop 45 by means of whichthe fastener, together with the papers attached thereto may be hung up.

In Fig. 12 I have illustrated a modification of the form shown in Fig. 5and adapted for the same purpose as Fig. 11.

In Fig. 9 I have illustrated another modification in which the frontmember is formed with the end loops 39 and 40 and a central off-setportion 41, beneath which the end portions of the tape 30 may bearranged. The backing member shown in this modification is similar tothat shown in Figs. 3 and 4 with the exception that the member 27 isreplaced by a member having a central loop 45, such as is shown in Figs.11 and 12.

By means of this central loop the papers can be readily hung up with thefront of the file outward.

While I have illustrated several embodiments of my invention, it will bereadily understood, by those skilled in the art, that .various othermodifications may be constructed, within the scope of the appendedclaims, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the particularconstructions shown and described.

In describing the various modifications of my invention I have used thewords front and back and similarterms in their relative sense for thepurpose of defining the arrangement'of the parts, it being understoodthat the use of the invention is not limited to the arrangementdescribed.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters- Patent'is,

1. A paper fastener comprising a backing member provided with flexiblepoints adapted to be arranged at substantially right angles to the bodythereof, and a front member made of round wire and having a body portionand end portions extending transversely of the body portion andconnected by said body portion and adapted to be engaged by said pointsand secured by bending said points into a plane substantially parallelwith the body portion of said backing member.

2. A paper fastener comprising a backing member provided with flexiblepoints adapted to be arranged at substantially right angles to the bodythereof, and a front member made of round wire and having a body portionand end loops connected by said body portion and adapted to embrace saidpoints and be engaged thereby and sea cured by bending said points intoa plane substantially parallel with the body portion of saidbackingmember.

3. A paper fastener comprising a backing member provided with flexiblepoints adapted to be arranged at substantially right angles to the bodythereof, and a front member made of round wire and having a bodyportionand end portions extending transversely of the body portion and adaptedto be engaged by said points and secured by bending said points into aplane substantially parallel with the body portion of said backingmember, one of said members having a loop therein between its endportions, for the purpose described.

4. A paper fastener comprising a backing member provided with flexiblepoints adapted to be arranged at substantially right angles to the bodythereof, and a front member made of round wire and having a body portionand end loops adapted to embrace said points and be engaged thereby andsecured by bending said points into a plane substantially parallel withthe body of said backing member, one of said members having a looptherein between its end portions, for the purpose described. 7

5. A paper fastener comprising a backing member provided with flexible.points adapted to be arranged at substantially right of its lengthbetween said loops, for the purpose described.

6. A paper fastener comprising a backing member provided with flexiblepoints adapted to be arranged at substantially right angles to the bodythereof, and a front member made of round wire and having a body portionand ends arranged substan-- tially in the same plane and adapted to beengaged by said points and secured by bending the points inwardly into aplane substantially parallel with the body of said backing member, andsaid front member also having portions adapted to overlie said pointsand hold the same.

7. A paper fastener comprising a backing member consisting of a wirehaving a pair of loops formed therein and arranged in the same plane anda flexible tape arranged alongside and in front of said wire betweensaid loops and having its end portions passed rearwardly through saidloops and bent around the loops to project forwardly therefrom atsubstantially right angles to the plane thereof, and a front memberconsisting of a body portion having at its ends means for embracing saidtape and secured by bending the ends of the tape into a planesubstantially parallel with the plane of said loops.

8. A paper fastener comprising a backing member consisting of a wirehaving a pair of loops formed therein and arranged in the same plane anda flexible tape having its end portions passed through said loops andbent at substantially right angles to the plane thereof, and a frontmember consisting of a wire bent to form a pair of loops arranged in aplane parallel with the plane of said first-mentioned loops and adaptedto embrace said tape and be secured by bending the ends of the tape intoaplane substantially parallel with the planes of said loops.

9. A paper fastener comprising a backing member, consisting of a wirebody having end loops and a loop arranged at the middle thereof andadapted to be attached to a support, and a flexible tape arranged alongthe front of said wire body and secured thereto by having its endportions passed rearwardly through saidend loops and around the exteriorthereof to project forwardly therefrom, and a front member having endsadapted to be engaged by said tape and se- 7 cured by bending the endsof the tape into a plane substantially parallel with the plane of thefront member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- CLARENCE GEO. FISHER. Witnesses:

B. M. KENT, A. (THUR L. BRYANT.

